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• March 2024 - POET Technologies announced its entry into the optical module market with an 800G pluggable transceiver called Wavelight for artificial intelligence and cloud data center markets. The Wavelight transceiver incorporates POET's Optical Interposer technology and related optical engine products, designed for use in 800 gigabit ethernet links for up to 2km of reach over single mode fiber.
• March 2024 - Infinera announced ICE-D, a new line of high-speed intra-data center optics based on monolithic indium phosphide photonic integrated circuits. The ICE-D technology combines multiple optical functions onto a single photonic integrated circuit, designed to provide intra-data center connectivity at speeds of 1.6 terabits per second and greater."

• June 2024 - Infineon Technologies AG unveiled the CoolGaN Transistor 700 V G4 product family. These devices excel in power conversion, specifically in the 700 V voltage range. These transistors boast a 20% performance boost in input and output figures-of-merit. This enhancement translates to heightened efficiency, minimized power losses, and more economical solutions. The applications span from consumer chargers and notebook adapters to data center power supplies, renewable energy inverters, and battery storage solutions.
• June 2024 - Elliott, a USD 65 billion hedge fund renowned for its shareholder activism, injected USD 2.5 billion into Texas Instruments. The fund advocates a more flexible approach to capital expenditures to boost the company's free cash flow. In a detailed 13-page letter obtained by CNBC, Elliott suggested Texas Instruments implement a "dynamic capacity-management strategy." As per Elliott, this strategy could potentially elevate the company's free cash flow to USD 9 per share by 2026.

• April 2024: Infineon Technologies AG solidified its dominance in the automotive semiconductor market. TechInsights reported that Infineon bolstered its market share across all regions and maintained its top position in South Korea and China. Notably, Infineon achieved substantial progress in the Japanese automotive semiconductor sector. Infineon reinforced its standing as the second-largest player in Europe and secured a spot in the top three in North America.
• April 2024: Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that it started operations at its Kofu Factory, located in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Renesas aims to boost its production capacity of power semiconductors in anticipation of the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs).

• In February 2024, the Government of India approved Tata Electronics' proposal to establish a significant semiconductor fabrication facility ("Fab") in Dholera, Gujarat, in collaboration with PSMC. This Fab is slated to produce a maximum of 50,000 wafers monthly, boasting cutting-edge factory automation. Leveraging data analytics and machine learning, the facility aims to set new benchmarks in factory efficiency.
• In June 2024, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS), a Taiwanese IC foundry service provider, and NXP Semiconductors N.V., a prominent Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, unveiled their collaboration to construct a cutting-edge semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Singapore. This venture, valued at USD 7.8 billion, will focus on producing 130nm to 40nm mixed-signal, power management, and analog products. The facility's offerings are tailored for a diverse range of sectors, including automotive, industrial, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

• December 2022 - EPC and Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) announced a multi-year production agreement for gallium nitride-based power semiconductors in December 2022. EPC will take advantage of VIS' 8-inch (200 mm) wafer fabrication capabilities, which is expected to significantly increase manufacturing capacity for EPC's high-performance GaN transistors and integrated circuits. Production will begin in early 2023.
• November 2022 - Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd received regulatory approval for a USD 2.5 billion IPO in Shanghai. The planned initial public offering (IPO) comes as China's chip companies gear up for steeper competition with the United States due to geopolitical tensions. Due to this, Hua Hong intends to use the money to invest in a new fabrication plant - or fab - in the eastern city of Wuxi, with construction set to begin in 2023 and an eventual production capacity of 83,000 wafers per month.

• May 2022: A 200 mm (8) epiwafer for vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diodes was created by IQE in Wales. The cost of the laser for 3D sensors is expected to be drastically reduced by switching to a 200 mm compound semiconductor epi wafer. New foundry relationships may result from this, particularly those with high-volume silicon-based foundries that use 200 mm machinery. This may make it possible for compound semiconductors to be integrated into silicon, opening up a wider choice of devices and applications.
• May 2022 - JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation company concluded a financing agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to procure the funding needed to strengthen its business in the manufacturing of sputtering targets for semiconductors in the United States of America.

• June 2022: RIBER, a global market player for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment serving the semiconductor industry, announced an order for a multi-4' GSMBE 49 production system. The new generation of datacom devices requires highly precise control of the epitaxial growth process, which is achieved by the recognized performance of Riber's machines and by the sophistication of the machine's control software. The ordered machine is expected to be delivered in 2023.
• June 2022: Veeco announced that the Taiwan semiconductor research institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, selected Veeco's propel R&D Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition System. The single wafer platform is ideal for high-volume manufacturing, 300 mm capabilities, and research and development applications.

• March 2022 - KioxiaCorporation, a provider of memory solutions, announced it would start construction of an advanced new fabrication facility at its KitakamiPlant in Japan for the possible expansion of manufacturing of its proprietary 3D Flash memory BiCSFLASHTM. Construction of this facility is planned to commence in April 2022 and is expected to be completed in 2023.
• December 2021 - Micron Technology announced plans for its new memory design center in Midtown Atlanta, the United States, expanding the company's reach into the Southeast United States. Micron aims to establish strong partnerships with many institutions in the region including Georgia Tech, Emory University, Spelman College Morehouse College, and the University of Georgia.

• March 2022: STMicroelectronics unveiled a new line of radiation-resistant power, analog, and integrated logic circuits (ICs) in affordable plastic packages to fulfill crucial roles in the electrical circuitry of low-Earth orbit satellites. A data converter, a voltage regulator, an LVDS transceiver, a line driver, and five logic gates are among the first nine products in this series, and they have already been made available. These items are used in power generation and distribution systems, onboard computers, telemetry star trackers, and transceivers.
• March 2022 - ROHM launched the BD34352EKV D/A converter IC (DAC chip) and the BD34352EKV-EVK-001 evaluation board to facilitate the playback of high-resolution sound sources in high-fidelity audio gear. One of the most critical factors in determining the quality of audio equipment is the audio DAC chip, which is designed to efficiently extract and convert high-resolution digital audio data to analog audio signals.

• March 2024: Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA announced the extension of their collaboration to advance Gen AI innovation. To help customers unlock new generative artificial intelligence capabilities, Blackwell plans to offer the NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell super chip and B100 Tensor core GPUs, extending the long-standing strategic collaboration between the two companies to deliver the most secure and advanced infrastructure, software, and services.
• October 2023: AMD introduced its flagship laptop graphics processor, AMD Radeon RX 7900M, the fastest GPU developed for laptops. It is based on AMD's RDNA 3 architecture. This new high-performance graphics card delivers impressive gaming and content creation capability to mobile devices with an average 7% improvement over the competitive offer in select games at QHD resolution.